Monastery of Saint Anthony

Monastery of Saint Anthony

A Coptic monastery and the oldest continuously operating Christian monastery in the world. Saint Antony started to live in a small cave there around 311 AD and some decades later his disciples joined.

Wadi El Rayan Falls

Wadi El Rayan Southern falls, Egypt

Largest waterfall in Egypt, group of cascades on some 6 – 10 m wide river. Total height less than 10 m.

Kamil crater

60 g heavy piece of Gebel Kamil meteorite, Egypt

Well preserved, less than 5,000 years old impact crater. Width is 44.8 m, depth – 15.8 m. Around the crater is still visible the rayed structure created by the blast.

Great Sphinx of Giza

Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt

The largest monolithic statue in the world, most likely built around 2550 BC. 73.5 m long and up to 20.22 m high, one of the most iconic sculptures in the world, the central object of numerous legends and stories.

Wonders of Egypt

Giza Pyramids at night

Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Africa 🢖 Wonders of Egypt Territory Wonders of Egypt   Highlights Egypt is home to many of the most important and impressive archaeological monuments in the world. Here, in the valley of Nile developed one of the first and greatest civilization – Ancient Egypt (3150 – 332 BC), leaving countless larger and smaller monuments. Some of […]